I'm a burner, so fuck you.

uncle sticky · Post by **uncle sticky** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:17 pm

Trolling on the subject line, yes, but an actual comment/discussion point about burning and how it affects your life, and how your life affects burning. I started going in 2004, and skipped only last year. I notice that I went from wide eyed newbie, got really into a lot of peace and love, open heart kind of attitude. I cross-dressed a lot, did a lot of fun projects to share, basically just skipped around like an e-tard hugging everyone. Burning Man gave me the freedom to be whomever and whatever I wanted, and I ran around and experienced that.

9 years later, and my burns are different. I make more stuff, and am probably more deeply involved in the projects I tackle. More to the point, my burner philosophy is darker, more edgy, angrier. I still feel like I can be whatever I want, but I don't want to be a unicorn, I want to be Danzig. Wedding dresses and skirts have given way to some kind of ninja gunslinger cosplay sort of thing. Art and theme camps are driven by the idea that there isn't enough hostility on the playa anymore. I cherish the idea of some sparkle pony being coming into my camp and being dismayed at the grittiness.

I know I'm getting older (46), and grumpier, and less tolerant of the same kind of enlightened silliness I once believed in, and I'm certainly not bitter, just embracing my darker animal side.

How has your perspective, attitude, on-playa persona/fantasy changed over the years.

clocksnmirrors · Post by **clocksnmirrors** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 11:54 pm

so no more hugs?

lemur · Post by **lemur** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:18 am

this isnt gonna be one of those threads with 500 pages, asshole.

Post by **Sham** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 1:25 am

It appears that uncle sticky is evolving from idealistic to realistic. I heard that heading toward 50 will do that to you.

Lowz · Post by **Lowz** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:41 am

Fuck you, i am so a burner.
Are you sure you have ever been a "wide eyed newbie" ? Because people don't change (even if they lie about it)

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 6:06 am

dear Mr. Sticky.

it appears you have used my trademarked slogan, and i have not received any notification, let alone royalties.

every time you say "go fuck yourself" or "fuck you" you owe me a nickel.

now cough up, poseur, and please, go find your own tag line.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:35 am

Can I be Gdansk? Because I love slavic names.
Or maybe I'll be Finntroll. Go Balts!

And if people didn't evolve into crusty old burners, the sparkleponys would be helplessly wandering around in circles as the playa mud made their platforms ever higher and matted into their feathers.

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 11:26 am

mgb327 · Post by **mgb327** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:15 pm

knowmad wrote:

Grapes of Wrath? Fuck yer feathers, they will be less moopy with some tar on 'em. So fuck you.....(anna nickel goes into Simons' fund).

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:25 pm

Sour are the Grapes of Wrath,
in mindless mobs the go.
Never in a thousand years,
Will their rabble harsh my flow.

For you see, I'm a burner.
And what that really means;
my art, my heart, my soul,
are crafted out of dreams.

there's nothing I can do for you
when your radiance dims.
Except pour gas on you,
and light you up again.
~Mecedes Lovejoy 2013

forty_eight · Post by **forty_eight** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:40 pm

Is that Winston Churchill quote relevant here?

“Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 12:54 pm

knowmad wrote:Sour are the Grapes of Wrath,
in mindless mobs the go.
Never in a thousand years,
Will their rabble harsh my flow.

For you see, I'm a burner.
And what that really means;
my art, my heart, my soul,
are crafted out of dreams.

there's nothing I can do for you
when your radiance dims.
Except pour gas on you,
and light you up again.
~Mecedes Lovejoy 2013

"get me SIA on the line, and call TJR and get a coupla sound nerds up here stat, i wanna record this sucker."

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:15 pm

part of getting older, is that it becomes difficult to do the act of f*cking yourself

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:50 pm

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:34 pm

48_love wrote:Is that Winston Churchill quote relevant here?

“Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains.”

No. But blood sweat and tears and Saturday night is our finest hour.

Or maybe not.

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:51 pm

ygmir wrote:

Yggy, I love this, because they are both DOING IT WRONG.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:16 pm

MyDearFriend wrote:
ygmir wrote:
Yggy, I love this, because they are both DOING IT WRONG.

ha!! good catch!!

I have a theme song for this thread:

[media]

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:32 pm

MyDearFriend wrote:
ygmir wrote:
Yggy, I love this, because they are both DOING IT WRONG.

on further staring, and OCD, I'd disagree MDF. when Daffy's hand goes by, it turns to "rabbit season" and conversely, with Bugs. if my eyes work, that is.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:45 pm

And fuck yourself, do you need a diagram?

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:08 pm

ygmir wrote:
MyDearFriend wrote:
ygmir wrote:
Yggy, I love this, because they are both DOING IT WRONG.

on further staring, and OCD, I'd disagree MDF. when Daffy's hand goes by, it turns to "rabbit season" and conversely, with Bugs. if my eyes work, that is.

I thought she was talking about them mooping.

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:11 pm

A real Burner would have titled the thread.
I'm a burner so Fuck me!

Again, yer doing it wrong!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:12 pm

I'm a fake burner. I've had you all fooled for years!

Post by **Savannah** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:22 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:I'm a fake burner. I've had you all fooled for years!

DAMN, you're good.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:18 am

ygmir wrote:
MyDearFriend wrote:
ygmir wrote:
Yggy, I love this, because they are both DOING IT WRONG.

on further staring, and OCD, I'd disagree MDF. when Daffy's hand goes by, it turns to "rabbit season" and conversely, with Bugs. if my eyes work, that is.

FIGJAM wrote:I thought she was talking about them mooping.

I bet you're right, FJ. I so often miss the obvious.

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 10:55 am

ygmir wrote:
MyDearFriend wrote:
ygmir wrote:
Yggy, I love this, because they are both DOING IT WRONG.

on further staring, and OCD, I'd disagree MDF. when Daffy's hand goes by, it turns to "rabbit season" and conversely, with Bugs. if my eyes work, that is.

FIGJAM wrote:I thought she was talking about them mooping.

Nope actually, they just don't look like they are having fun.

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